"All your life you've been asleep! "Make straight the way for the King!" He is here to awaken the earth, but some will not want to waken. They're in love with the dark. I wonder which one you'll be."
John, also known as John the Baptizer, is a rabbi, a wandering preacher in the wilderness who baptizes in the Jordan River, and the deceased cousin of Jesus. He is the son of Elizabeth and Zechariah, and a nephew of Mary. He is the former rabbi of Andrew and Philip and the rabbi of Avner and Nadab.